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Baklava
Baklava
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Challenge: Recipe (Food) III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Patio Enclosure Room
Date: Jul 14, 2008
Aperture: f/2
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Travel, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2008

 Baklava (Greek family recipe):
- 5 or 6 cups (1 1/2 pounds) of ground walnuts
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon of ground cloves
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) of melted butter
- 1 tablespoon of water
- 1 pound of fillo dough

Set fillo dough and melted butter to the side. Mix everything else in a bowl. Use deep 9”x14” baking pan. Lay a sheet of fillo dough covering the bottom of the pan. Completely butter the sheet with a brush. Repeat until you have base of 5-8 buttered layers of fillo. Spread in a thin layer of nut mixture. Add another 2 sheets of fillo on top of nut mixture, making sure to butter them. Add another layer of nut mixture. Repeat until baklava is desired thickness. Top layer should be 7-8 sheets of buttered fillo. With a sharp knife cut it into squares or triangles. Bake in oven at 325 degrees for 50 minutes or until golden brown.

Baklava Syrup:
1 small lemon rind
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 stick cinnamon
2 whole cloves
1 cup honey

Remove rind (skin – thin yellow part, no white) from lemon. Squeeze out 1 1/2 teaspoons of juice into large heat resistant cup and set aside. Place lemon rind, sugar, water, cinnamon stick, cloves, into a medium size sauce pan (with a thermometer lid). Bring to a boil, lower heat, and continue cooking without stirring for 25 minutes or until mixture is thick and syrupy (230 degrees on lid thermometer). Remove pan from heat and stir in honey. Pour mixture through a strainer into the large cup that the lemon juice is in. Pour over hot or cooled Baklava.

Enjoy!

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Olympus PEN E-P3
Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7
 07/21/2008 01:28:58 AM
a+
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Fujifilm FinePix S700 / S5700
 07/20/2008 01:06:47 PM
mmmm this looks good enough to Eat!
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Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM Autofocus Lens
07/19/2008 11:49:45 AM
Nice DOF. Too many of the images in this competition were just too busy. I like this comp for it's simplicity and elegance. It's well lit, and the background tones don't dominate, but rather compliment the subject well. Well done.
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Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/19/2008 05:15:06 AM
i think i wouldve like this better if the the color of the table under the doily was darker. the red in the background does add a nice contrast but i gotta say, this shot made me drool and for that, means your intention came across..hehe
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 07/16/2008 07:34:10 PM
Yummy! delicious! Composition and lighting are very good!
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/16/2008 10:45:49 AM
love the comp and textures and the lace doily helps add elegance. 7
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 07/16/2008 12:39:38 AM
Mail me these please, thanks.
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Minolta DiMAGE Z1
 07/16/2008 12:31:28 AM
"WOOT!" 10
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